Starter quiz
- The instructions for an experiment or study are written in the ...
- 'method' ✓
- What is a risk factor?
- Something that increases the chance of something harmful happening. ✓
- Something that decreases the chance of something harmful happening.
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- True or false? A non-communicable disease can be passed from person to person.
- True
- False ✓
- Which diseases are non-communicable?
- tuberculosis
- measles
- stroke ✓
- flu
- heart disease ✓
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- Which of the following are risk factors for heart disease?
- sun exposure
- smoking ✓
- exercise
- poor diet ✓
- lack of exercise ✓
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- True or false? Correlation is when one thing causes another.
- True
- False ✓
Exit quiz
- Something that increases your chance of developing a disease is called a ______ factor.
- 'risk ' ✓
- Match the risk factor to its type.
- environmental⇔air pollution ✓
- genetic⇔being male ✓
- lifestyle⇔diet ✓
- What is epidemiology the study of?
- mental health
- disease ✓
- lifestyle factors
- genetics
- environment
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True or false? Eating more fibre is more likely to reduce the incidences of bowel cancer than eating less processed meat?- True ✓
- False
- True or false? The more risk factors you have for a disease, the greater the chance of developing that disease.
- True ✓
- False
- What do peer reviewers check?
- They check that the method is reliable. ✓
- They check the data to see if they make the same conclusions. ✓
- They check that the method is unique.
- They check that there is bias in the conclusions.
- They check that there is no bias in the conclusions. ✓
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Key learning points
- Risk factors affect the chance that a person will develop a non-communicable disease.
- Risk factors can be lifestyle factors, e.g. diet, smoking, environmental, e.g. air pollution, or genetic, e.g. alleles.
- Experiencing multiple factors can increase the likelihood a person will develop a particular disease.
- Interpreting data on non-communicable diseases and risk factors at local, national and global levels.
- The importance of peer review and communicating research on risk factors to a range of audiences.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that any health claim by a product must be true.
Often no scientific research has been carried out on products claiming to be healthy.
Keywords
Non-communicable disease - a disease that cannot be passed from person to person
Risk factor - something that increases the chance of ill health
Correlation - a relationship or pattern between two or more variables
Peer review - a process of subjecting an author's work, research or ideas to the scrutiny of other experts in the same field
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